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<tr><td>teTeX</td><td>Linux, Unix</td><td>[http://www.tug.org/tetex/ tug.org/tetex]</td><td>web2c</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>teTeX</td><td>Linux, Unix</td><td>[http://www.tug.org/tetex/ tug.org/tetex]</td><td>web2c</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>fpTeX</td><td>Win32</td><td>[http://www.fptex.org fptex.org]</td><td>web2c, based on teTeX</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>fpTeX</td><td>Win32</td><td>[http://www.fptex.org fptex.org]</td><td>web2c, based on teTeX</td></tr>
<tr><td>MikTeX</td><td>Win</td><td>[http://www.miktex.org/ miktex.org]</td><td>GUI</td></tr>
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<tr><td>MikTeX</td><td>Win</td><td>[http://www.miktex.org/ miktex.org]</td><td>with GUI</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>gwTeX</td><td>MacOS X</td><td>[http://www.rna.nl/tex.html rna.nl]</td><td>web2c, based on TeX Live</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>gwTeX</td><td>MacOS X</td><td>[http://www.rna.nl/tex.html rna.nl]</td><td>web2c, based on TeX Live</td></tr>
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<tr><td>minimal ConTeXt</td><td>Win, Lin, Mac</td><td>[http://www.pragma-ade.com/context/install/ pragma-ade.com]</td><td>web2c</td></tr>
 
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==alternative TeX processors==
 
==alternative TeX processors==
  
TeX the program writes only DVI output; with ConTeXt we normally use pdfeTeX, a merger of eTeX and pdfTeX -- it's nowadays probably the most used TeX processor and part of all(?) distributions. But there are more...
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Revision as of 16:39, 14 October 2004

< Installation hints | Linux Installation >

Historically there were a lot of different TeX distributions. Nowadays there are only a few wide spread. We mention only those that are free and support ConTeXt:

NameOSHomepageRemarks
TeX Livea lottug.org/texliveweb2c, based on teTeX and fpTeX
teTeXLinux, Unixtug.org/tetexweb2c
fpTeXWin32fptex.orgweb2c, based on teTeX
MikTeXWinmiktex.orgwith GUI
gwTeXMacOS Xrna.nlweb2c, based on TeX Live
minimal ConTeXtWin, Lin, Macpragma-ade.comweb2c
  • web2c is a common base for TeX distributions, see tug.org/web2c. It uses the kpathsea tool and its ls-R database for file searches.

web2c hints

  • use mktexlsr (same as texhash) to rebuild the file database after every install or change!
  • Beware, older web2c distributions keep ConTeXt’s (Perl/Ruby) scripts at .../context/perltk, newer at .../scripts/Perl/context! Make sure to delete the older ones!

MikTeX hints

MikTeX has a "rebuild database" menu entry; use it after every install or change!

alternative TeX processors

TeX the program writes only DVI output; with ConTeXt we normally use pdfeTeX, a merger of eTeX and pdfTeX &#150; it's nowadays probably the most used TeX processor and part of all(?) distributions. But there are more...

NameOSHomepageRemarks
pdf(e)TeX"all"pdftex.orglatest version at freshmeat or sarovar
NTSJavaCTANOO re-implementation of TeX in Java as a base for further enhancements
ExTeXJavaextex.orgmerger of NTS with eTeX, pdfTeX and Omega (pre-alpha state)
Aleph"all"?CTANOmega/eTeX merge (former eOmega) by Giuseppe Bilotta (beta state)
XeTeXMacOS Xsil.orguses Mac special features; bidirectional typesetting; supported by ConTeXt since Context 2004.10.7